Convertible chair.



No. 803,699. PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905. D. T, MATTHEW.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.-

APPLICATION FILED mama. 1905.

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DAVID T. MATTHEW, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1905.

Application filed March 28,1905- Serial No. 252,583.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID T. MATTHEW, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of Tacoma, in the county of Pierceand State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Convertible Chairs, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in convertible chairs; and theprimary object thereof is to provide a construction which will becomparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Further objects and-advantages will be set forth in the followingdescription and those features of construction upon which I desireprotection succinctly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a view inperspective, illustrating my improvement in unfolded position andprovided with a removable frame which forms the back of the settee andhaving an ironing-board removably connected thereto. in perspective ofthe improvement inverted,

' the parts being arranged to provide a crib.

Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the two sections of the chair folded. Fig.4 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of thetwo sections, one being swung part of its movement from folded tounfolded positions and illustrating more clearly the manner in which theone end frame passes through the other; and Fig. 6 is a detail view ofone of the hinges and the locking means for the respective sectionswhich is connected with therespective leaves of the hinge.

In carrying out my invention I provlde two sections A and B, the formerof which is of chair form, the latter, however, having but two legs, aswill be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Section A comprises a bottom part 1, to the inner end of which legs 2are secured, and at the outer end thereof the side standards 3 of an endframe at are secured. This frame extends above and below said bottompart, and the upper portion thereof serves as an end or armrest for thesettee provided when the sections A and B are unfolded, as shown inFig. 1. The lower portion of this frame serves as suitable supportingmeans, the standards 3 thereof constituting legs.

Fig. 2 is a view Section B comprises a bottom part 5,which is hinged byhinges 6 to the inner end of bottom 1, and an end frame 7. This frame issimilar in construction to frame 4, the standards thereof, however,being arranged closer together, so as to be capable of arrangementbetween said standards 3 when the two frames A and B are in foldedrelation. (See Figs. 3 and 5.)

When the sections are folded, they form a chair, the bottoms 1 and 5resting one on the other, and the rails 8 of section B form armrests.These rails 8 are carried by sections 9, and similar sections, as 10,are also secured to the under face of bottom 1, the rails 11 of sections10alining with said rails 8 when the sections A and B are unfolded.thereby forming sides for the crib. (See Fig. 2.)

The hinges employed for joining the sections A-and B together compriseIf-shaped leaves, as 12, which are pivoted together at 6, and to one ofthese leaves a catch 13 is pivoted, this catch having at an intermediatepoint a notch 1 1 for locking engagement with a U-shaped keeper 15 whenthe component chair-sections are unfolded, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and2. The outer portion of each catch 13 is elongated, so as to always beheld in its keeper 15. Therefore when the sections A and B are unfoldedthe notches let will always be held in proper position for lockingengagement with said keepers 15. When it is desired to fold the sectionsA and B, the free portions of catches 13 are elevated and held so untilsection B is swung a short distance, thereby moving the keepers 15 toone side of the notches 1 1.

When the sections A and B are unfolded but not inverted, (see Fig. 1,)the bottom parts 1 and 5 aline, and a settee is thereby provided, theend frames of the respective sections forming the ends or arms thereof,as heretofore intimated, and as a back for the settee an open removableframe 16 is provided, the same having its ends provided with suitablekeepers which slidably embrace the standards of the respective sections,the keepers at one end consisting of spaced-apart plates 17, whichextend on opposite sides of standards 3. The keepers at the other end,however, consist merely of angle-plates 18, as I arrange this end offrame 16 at the outer side of the adjacent standard of end frame 7,thereby maintaining parallelism between the back of the settee and theadjacent edge of the bottom thereof, it being understood that the saidstandards of end frame 7 are arranged closer together than the standards3.

By the construction heretofore described it will be observed that byproviding the two sections A and B, the same being of the constructionand arrangement set forth, I am enabled to provide a single chair, asettee, and a crib, the first being formed by arranging the two sectionsin folded relation, the settee being formed by the two sections whenunfolded and the crib being provided by arranging the two sections inunfolded and inverted relation. Further, I provide the end frames 4 and7 with ironing-board rests, which are in the form of rounds 18, and theironing-board (indicated at 19) is preferably secured to one of theserounds by means of a pivoted catch 20, which is secured to one of thestrips 21, secured to the under face of the ironing-board.

The construction of my improvement is extremely simple yet practical,and while the construction shown is capable of carrying out the variouspurposes of the invention I reserve the right to make such alterationsand changes in the details of the construction as fall within the scopeof the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is

1. A convertible chair consisting of two sections comprising bottomparts hinged together so as to be capable of being arranged one on theother, and end frames extending above and below said bottom parts, oneof said end frames being movable through the other when said sectionsare folded together.

2. A convertible chair consisting of two sections comprising bottomparts hinged together, end frames secured to said sections and extendingabove and below the same, and a removable frame extending along one sideedge of said section and being remo vably connected to said end frames.

3. Aconvertible chair consisting of two sections com prising bottomparts hinged together at one edge, end frames secured to said sectionsand extending above and below the same, and side sections secured to thefirst-named sections at the opposite side edges of said bottom parts,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A convertible chair consisting of two sections comprising bottomparts foldable one on the other, said bottom parts when unfolded aliningto form a settee, and end frames extending above and below said bottomparts, the opposite sides of said bottom parts and said end frames whensaid sections are inverted forming a crib, and sides for the cribcarried by said sections.

5. Aconvertiblechairconsisting of two sections comprising bottom partshinged together, said sections when unfolded having their bottom partsalined, a pivoted catch carried by one section, a keeper secured to theother section for engagement by said catch, and end frames secured tosaid bottom parts and extending above and below the same, the

upper portions of said frames serving as arms when the sections areunfolded and the lower portions thereof forming supporting-legs.

6. A convertible chair consisting of'two sections, one of said sectionscomprising a bottom part provided at its inner end with legs and at itsouter end with a frame which extends above and below said bottom part,the other section comprising a bottom part hinged to the inner end ofthe first-named bottom part, a frame secured to the outer end of thelast-named section, said last-named frame fitting in the first-namedframe when the sections are folded, and means for locking said sectionsin their unfolded position.

Signed at Tacoma, Washington, this 18th day of March, 1905.

DAVID T. MATTHEl/V.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. KELLY, JULIAN A. ARNTSON.

